Participation units gain PACE
Macquarie’s Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) program gives students the opportunity to put their academic knowledge to practical use. But not only do they develop capabilities and skills that employers value, the experience can also change the direction of a graduate’s life. Macquarie alumnus Ryan Zahrai took up a PACE unit when he was in his fourth year studying Law. â€...
From biological to cultural diversity
'Fighting' for a PhD, for most candidates, is a metaphor. For Dr Paul Mason in the Department of Anthropology, it was an everyday experience of fieldwork in Indonesia and Brazil. Paul’s research into rituals of combat-dancing took him from the highlands of West Sumatra to the shanty towns of Brazil, and he took anthropology to the limits by actually participating in the combat-dancing rit...
Our University: A Framing of Futures
Over the past few months, I have asked staff, students and alumni to join me in a strategic planning process we have called Our University: A Framing of Futures, to define our long-term aspirations and make Macquarie University truly distinctive within Australia and around the world. The history of our University is remarkable. As a graduate you know that in just a few decades, we have emer...
Child language expert awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship
Professor Katherine Demuth, Director of the Child Language Lab and a member of the Linguistics Department, the Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS), and Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) at Macquarie University has been awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship. The Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme, administered by the Australian Research Council, gives outstan...
Student Advisory Board gets a makeover
Students are being given a greater voice in the running of the University thanks to the new Student Advisory Board. Designed to ensure students are heard by the University Council and can directly influence their university experience, the Board helps ensure that student perspective is considered in the university’s strategy and decision-making processes. Board members also provide input ...
Following the money trail
Macquarie University graduate Stephen Dametto is indeed following the money trail. But it’s not what you think. Mr Dametto leads the Australian Federal Police’s Terrorism Financing Investigations Unit (TFIU), a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency team that includes the police, financial investigators and financial analysts. The unit does the vital work of advancing Australia’s counter-ter...